Stalking rises during pandemic - police

[celeste]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57407353




There has been a "significant increase" in stalking offences in England and Wales during the pandemic, police say.

The warning from the UK officer in charge of stalking issues comes as more than 80,000 incidents were recorded by forces last year.

But freedom of information requests by BBC News show arrests struggled to keep up - growing at half the rate of the rise in offences between 2019 and 2020.

A government spokesperson says protecting women is "a priority".

[celeste]

https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/19856403.stacey-dooley-films-new-bbc-stalking-documentary-cheshire/


Stalking rises in Cheshire according to new documentary.

[ExileSteve]

It’s from an Establishment media channel, and so it is almost certainly a load of old tosh. Ignore, move on…..

[celeste]

Can you clarify,  I've never heard of an Establishment media channel

[sachsen]

Quote, Steve
It’s from an Establishment media channel, and so it is almost certainly a load of old tosh. Ignore, move on…..


https://youtu.be/UMHtqOqNLH0


Indeed.

[ExileSteve]

Thank you, Sachsen.


I sometimes think I’m just shouting at the trees. Thank God I’m not.

[celeste]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60233320?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Another crackpot making a nuisance of himself:

'Never felt safe'

The victim said in a statement given to the court how Grainger had left her with "constant nightmares about him attacking me, hurting me".

She said: "Every time I would block an account, within five minutes, there would be a new one.

"I would wake up and have several different accounts messaging me, with multiple messages. I could barely have a chance to breathe before there would be another."

The unwanted attention resulted in her having panic attacks everywhere she went, she said.

"It wasn't just the fear of getting a message, it was the fear of what those messages said. It tore my confidence away.

"I never felt safe. I still don't feel safe. Even now, every single night I am woken up by him. Every single night he is torturing me again."

Grainger was also handed an indefinite restraining order.

Det Con Thomas Small said: "Everyone has the right to live their life without fear and harassment, and Grainger made that impossible for this young woman."